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Chancel vs Chanced - What's the difference?

chancel | chanced |

As a noun chancel

is the space around the altar in a church, often enclosed, for use by the clergy and the choir in medieval cathedrals the chancel was usually enclosed or blocked off from the nave by an altar screen.

As a verb chanced is

(chance).

As an adjective chanced is

discovered by chance.

chancel

English

(wikipedia chancel)

Alternative forms

* (l) (archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The space around the altar in a church, often enclosed, for use by the clergy and the choir. In medieval cathedrals the chancel was usually enclosed or blocked off from the nave by an altar screen.
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    • , title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=20 citation , passage=Hester Earle and Violet Wayne were moving about the aisle with bundles of wheat-ears and streamers of ivy, for the harvest thanksgiving was shortly to be celebrated, while the vicar stood waiting for their directions on the chancel steps with a great handful of crimson gladioli.}}

    Synonyms

    * apse

    chanced

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (chance)
    • He chanced upon the definition when leafing through the dictionary.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Discovered by chance.
    • His new formula was a chanced discovery.